Reading Response #24- Anzaldua / Collected Works Portfolio

For the reading response on Anzaldua, please write

• a  summary
• a synthesis (keep in mind the conversation on dominant/minority discourses: Gee, hooks, Delpit, Smitherman, Heilker and Yergeau, Alexander, Cixous, etc)
• personal response

Then answer questions # 1 and 2 under Applying and Exploring, found below: 

1. Anzaldúa describes Western culture’s art as “individual” in contrast to the more communal nature of tribal art (221). What is the significance of this distinction? Is current literacy and/or art culture becoming more communal or more individual? Explain your reasoning.|
2. Anzaldúa utilizes an approach which is very much in the realm of creative writing(poetic language, metaphor, etc.), would it have been more effective if it was written in a traditional academic format? Why or why not?

Congratulations! You made it to the last Reading Response. Make sure you hit a home run on this last one. Show me what you can do in terms of summary, synthesis, and engaged response!

Note: This isn't due until Friday, 11/30. For Wednesday, please bring a flash drive with everything you've collected for your portfolio (final essays, peer reviews, etc). We'll work on collecting all your various pieces into folders. Collected Portfolios will be due to me via e-mail by Friday 11/30 at 12pm. Your Portfoios need to include:

• Reading responses, compiled in a single document and labeled by number 1-24 (copy/paste to Word)
• Process work for each essay, organized by project (Intro/conversation, rough draft, topic proposals, etc)
• Final drafts for each project with my Feedback (for Project 2- your cover letter to me with a link to your group project)

Organize these in a folder (with multiple subfolders), zip them and send to me via e-mail. This is your Collected Works Portfolio from which you'll choose your best work for your Selected Portfolio.